RIA Weekly

This week we discuss Splunk’s CEO Transition, Crypto.com renames the Staples Center and Netlify’s attempt to realize Git Push Nirvana. Plus, when do house shoes become just shoes. Rundown Splunk stock plunges as CEO Doug Merritt steps down (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/splunk-stock-plunges-as-ceo-doug-merritt-steps-down.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Git Push Nirvana Heroku itself isn’t what people want. What we actually want is (https://twitter.com/bryanl/status/1460286401199718401?s=21) git push heroku main (https://twitter.com/bryanl/status/1460286401199718401?s=21) Netlify Raises $105 Million to Transform Development for the Modern Web (https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-raises-usd105-million-to-transform-development-for-the-modern-web) Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena (https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-16/crypto-staples) Relevant to your interests ManualsLib - Makes it easy to find manuals online! (https://www

This week we discuss the state of severless, the agility equation and Twitter goes blue. Plus, what exactly happens in an Internet Minute…? Rundown The Unfulfilled Promise of Serverless (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-unfulfilled-promise-of-serverless) Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/9/22766286/twitter-blue-subscription-service-scroll-nuzzel-undo-tweets-ad-free-articles-us?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4) From Amazon to Zoom: What Happens in an Internet Minute In 2021? (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/from-amazon-to-zoom-what-happens-in-an-internet-minute-in-2021/) Clubhouse rolls out Replay to let users record live rooms and share them later (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/08/clubhouse-record-room-replay/) Relevant to your interests HashiCorp: Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/hashicorp-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) Cloudflare Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results (https://finance.ya

This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase. Rundown Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/cloud-software-vendor-hashicorp-files-for-ipo.htmlCot) Coté’s highlights (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456344043433177091). Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/state-of-open-source-report-highlights) Amazon Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/amazon-amzn-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/aws-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register (https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/29/amazon-is-the-flywheel-aws-is-the-cash-register/) A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your c

Brandon interviews Jack Naglieri, Founder & CEO at Panther Labs. They discuss the challenges of security at scale and the current state of security tools. Plus, we learn how Jack transitioned from Security Analyst to Security Engineer and now CEO. Links: StreamAlert (https://www.streamalert.io) Website: https://runpanther.io (https://runpanther.io/) Request a Demo (https://runpanther.io/request-a-demo/) Jack’s Podcast: Detection at Scale (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/detection-at-scale/id1582584270) Contact Jack: LinkedIn: jacknaglieri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacknaglieri/) Twitter: @jack_naglieri (https://twitter.com/jack_naglieri) Github: jacknagz (https://github.com/jacknagz/) Special Guest: Jack Naglieri.

This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools… Rundown Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements (https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/) The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies (https://sequoia.medium.com/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da) Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse) Relevant to your interests Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/sam-altmans-worldcoin-wants-to-scan-every-humans-eyeball-and-give-them-crypto-in-exchange/) Sphere has joined Twitter! (https://blog.sphere.me/sphere-has-joined-twitter-e7127cfe0467) Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/red-hat-conti

This week we discuss TriggerMesh going open source, the new Enterprise Mac and Honeycomb raising VC . Plus, will Matt become a TikTok influencer…? Rundown Introducing TriggerMesh Open Source (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/introducing-triggermesh-open-source) Cockroach Labs Announces CockroachDB Serverless (https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/10/cockroachdb-serverless/) The Enterprise of the MacBook Pro macOS Monterey Release Candidate Undoes Safari Changes, Reintroduces Old Tab Design (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/18/macos-monterey-reverts-safari-changes/) HDMI Port Limitations (https://twitter.com/tapbot_paul/status/1450166030446235650) Apple innovators do it again with $19 'Polishing Cloth' (https://mashable.com/article/apple-polishing-cloth) Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22734233/apple-140w-macbook-charging-brick-gan-usb-c-pd-3-1-third-party-chargers) Funny Tweet Storm of Apple Event (https://twitter.com/Pinboard/st

This week we discuss the real-world use of containers, recap the Google Cloud Next announcements and make some Apple predications. Plus, how often do you wash jeans…? Rundown Containers in the Real World 10 trends in real world container use (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/) What Workloads Do Businesses Run on Kubernetes? (https://thenewstack.io/what-workloads-do-businesses-run-on-kubernetes/) Google Cloud Next `21 What’s New at Google Cloud Next ‘21 (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/whats-new-at-next) Introducing Google Distributed Cloud—in your data center, at the edge, and in the cloud (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/announcing-google-distributed-cloud-edge-and-hosted) Introducing Anthos for VMs and tools to simplify the developer experience (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/introducing-anthos-for-vms-and-other-app-modernization-tools) Build a more secure future with Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/

This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries… Rundown AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-aws-step-functions-supports-200-aws-services-to-enable-easier-workflow-automation/) Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-community-edition-announcement) Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzucommunityedition.io/) Zoom M&A And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/30/and-thats-that-as-the-zoom-deal-to-buy-five9-is-called-off/) Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives (https://diginomica.com/zoom-loses-five9-leaves-cloud-contact-center-business-open-innovative-alternatives) Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage (https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/05/telegram-added-70m-n

This week we discuss the launch of Cloudflare R2 Storage and the DevRel Salary Survey. Plus, some thoughts on nuts… Rundown Cloudflare Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/) How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’ (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloudflare-r2-storage-aws) @Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52. (https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/1443076111651401731?s=21) DevRel 2021 DevRel Salary Survey results (https://dev.to/bffjossy/2021-devrel-salary-survey-results-table-of-contents-43fe) Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste. (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1442162670753431559) Relevant to your interests iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet (https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1441509334324707329?s=21) We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means (https://twit

This week we discuss GitLab going public, review iOS 15 and a few more thoughts on remote work. Plus, should the EU impose a universal phone charger? Rundown GitLab Microsoft GitHub rival GitLab files to go public after annualized revenue tops $200 million (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/github-rival-gitlab-files-to-go-public-on-revenue-over-200-million.html) GitLab: Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/gitlab-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) GitLab S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/gitlab-s-1/) Apple iOS 15 Review Buy a 'free' iPhone 13 with trade-in at Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T: All you need to know (https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/buy-a-free-iphone-13-with-trade-in-at-verizon-t-mobile-and-at-t-all-you-need-to-know/) Apple iPhone 13 Review: The Most Incremental Upgrade Ever (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/personaltech/apple-iphone13-review.html) EU to impose universal phone charger, in blow to Apple (https://punchng.com/

This week we recap some of the Apple News and discuss the latest productivity research from Microsoft. Plus, an update on Coté’s struggle to adopt Apple Notes… Rundown Apple wins and loses in court, patches a vulnerability and release new products Apple’s App Store Dealt Blow by Judge in Epic Antitrust Case (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-10/apple-s-app-store-dealt-blow-by-judge-in-epic-antitrust-case?sref=HQB7G2wY&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business) Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchases, rules judge in Epic v. Apple (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22662320/epic-apple-ruling-injunction-judge-court-app-store) Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/injunction-apple-must-open-up-app-store-payments-in-90-days/) FORCEDENTRY: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild (http

This week we discuss the history of Docker, the rise of Kubernetes and the launch of AWS EKS Anywhere. Plus, how much lumber fits in a cubic meter…? Rundown How Docker broke in half (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3632142/how-docker-broke-in-half.html) Migrating from Docker to Podman (https://marcusnoble.co.uk/2021-09-01-migrating-from-docker-to-podman/) AWS rolls out EKS Anywhere and EKS Connector (https://venturebeat.com/2021/09/08/aws-rolls-out-eks-anywhere-and-eks-connector/) Relevant to your interests This too shall PaaS: VMware's new Tanzu Application Platform explained (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/02/vmwares_new_tanzu_application_platform/) How the 5G experience compares across 50 states and 250 US cities (https://www.opensignal.com/2021/09/02/how-the-5g-experience-compares-across-50-states-and-250-us-cities) HashiCorp runs low on staff, calls a halt to Terraform pull requests (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/07/hashicorp_pause/) Terraform Understaffed? (https://github.com/hashicorp/terr

This week we discuss Docker’s new licensing, Wirecutter goes behind a paywall and Serverless COBOL. Plus, Coté explains why open source is like College Football. Rundown Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions - Docker Blog (https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/) New York Times’ Wirecutter Product-Review Site Moves Behind Paywall (https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-wirecutter-product-review-site-moves-behind-paywall-11630436401) Serverless COBOL in Knative (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/serverless-cobol-in-knative) Announcing VMware Tanzu Application Platform: A Better Developer Experience on any Kubernetes (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/announcing-vmware-tanzu-application-platform?utm_campaign=content-social_&utm_content=1630455965&utm_medium=social-sprout&utm_source=twitter) VMware’s new Tanzu platform aims to unify Kubernetes development (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3631384/vmware-s-new-tanzu-platform-aims-to-unify-kubernetes-development.ht

This week we discuss Gartner’s Emerging Tech Hype Cycle and analyze 10 years of “Software Eating the World.” Plus, is Willie Nelson a good singer…? Rundown 3 Themes Surface in the 2021 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies (https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/3-themes-surface-in-the-2021-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=SM_GB_YOY_GTR_SOC_SF1_SM-SWG&utm_content=&sf248828168=1) Chris Dixon Blockchain Tweetstorm (https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1427452454543663129) Ten Years Software Is Eating the World - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/) Disney wins this round: Here's where the streaming giants stand at the end of earnings season (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/disney-gaining-fast-on-netflix-in-streaming-wars.html) Relevant to your interests Salesforce announces first integrations with Slack after closing $28B sale (https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2021/08/17/after-spendi

This week we discuss 1Password moving to Electron, Knative and Infrastructure as Code best practices. Plus, what to do with extra lumber… Rundown Users lobby 1Password to abandon new Electron version (https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/16/users-lobby-1password-to-abandon-new-electron-version) Cisco beefing up app monitoring portfolio with acquisition of Epsagon for $500M (https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/16/cisco-beefing-up-app-monitoring-portfolio-with-acquisition-of-epsagon-for-500m/) Cloud startup Epsagon to be acquired by Cisco for $500 million (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3915010,00.html) Relevant to your interests Clearlake Capital completes strategic equity investment in RSA (https://clearlake.com/clearlake-capital-completes-strategic-equity-investment-in-rsa/) Apple SVP Craig Federighi responds to confusion over iOS 15 iCloud child safety policies in new interview (https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/13/apple-svp-craig-federighi-responds-to-confusion-over-ios-15-icloud-child-safety

This week we discuss Elasticsearch vs. OpenSearch, Reorgs and Remote Pay. Plus, some thoughts on IKEA and QBRs. Rundown This Week in Programming: The ElasticSearch Saga Continues (https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-the-elasticsearch-saga-continues/) Elastic amends Elasticsearch Python client so it won't work with forks then blocks comments (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/09/elasticsearch_python_client_change/) Twitter Thread on Elasticsearch (https://twitter.com/xeraa/status/1423071203753869313) Google staff could see pay cut if they opt to work from home (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/12/google-staff-could-see-pay-cut-if-they-opt-to-work-from-home) Steven Sinosky: Hardcore Software (https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/) Relevant to your interests 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built (https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/28/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/) Amazon delays employe

This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary? Rundown Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020 (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/02/update-on-cncf-and-open-source-project-velocity-2020/?utm_content=174974774&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-3286770860) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021 (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021) Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#most-popular-technologies-platform) The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/08/05/language-rankings-6-21/) AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-for-the-11th-consecutive-year-in-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-infrastructure-platform

This week we discuss Infrastructure as Code, GCP's new API policy and The State of Developer Ecosystem Survey. Plus, some thoughts on Olympic Swimming. Rundown Evolving Infrastructure-as-Code to Integration-as-Code (https://containerjournal.com/features/evolving-infrastructure-as-code-to-integration-as-code/) Google sets all-time records as search and YouTube profits soar (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596592/google-q2-2021-record-revenue-profit-youtube-ad-cloud-search) Saved by Google? New API policy promises stability and availability. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-enterprise-apis) The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic (https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/) Relevant to your interests Cloud Native Runtimes for VMware Tanzu Is Now GA, Plus an Integration with TriggerMesh (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/cloud-native-runtimes-for-vmware-tanzu-advanced-ga) Big-name San Antonio tech company axing 10 percent of workforce (https://www.mysanantonio.com/busi

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam? Rundown Why Netflix is getting into games (https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/20/22586084/netflix-gaming-strategy-earnings-explained) State of DevOps Report 2021 (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2021-state-of-devops-report/) Relevant to your interests Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-fleets-shutting-down-1235019174/) Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud. (https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393) Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner (https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hi-to-microsofts-own-linux-cbl-mariner/) Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling (https://www.axios.com/austin-pandemic-reshuffling-tech-entrepreneurs-investors-11669cb1-edf5-4d00

This week, Coté and Matt Ray finally nail the secrets of enterprise devrel. You won’t want to miss this one! Also: Coté gives up on streaming PowerPoint and IT survey show that it’s time to ask for a raise. Mood board: Free glowsticks for leadgenning yourself. Our tragic doppleganger. DevRel secrets. If you open a terminal you win streaming. Memes are serverless. You gotta spend money to lose money. All about the pincher. Rundown Cloud Native Integration Platform TriggerMesh Receives Strategic Funding from Cisco Investments, Existing Investors (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/cloud-native-integration-platform-triggermesh-receives-strategic-funding-from-cisco-investments-existing-investors). Cisco leads $5M round for multicloud application integration startup TriggerMesh (https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/13/cisco-leads-5m-round-multicloud-application-integration-startup-triggermesh/). Checking in on Matt’s devrel notes. Twitter is shutting down Fleets on August 3, citing low usage (https://techcrunch.com/2021